Join us for a fun and interactive class learning about the remarkable Judge, Samson, and how God called upon him. He appears in the Book of Judges as one of the last judges who presided over Israel before the institution of the monarchy (Judges 13,16). Samson’s parents took a vow upon an angel of God to raise Samson as a Nazarite and to never cut his hair which gave him superhuman strength! Samson performed many unbelievable acts such as massacring entire armies and destroyed a lion with his bare hands! Following an act by his lover Delilah a major twist in the story of Samson’s life happens! To be continued…..Don’t miss it!
Our reading to prepare for Lesson 4 - “Samson” is broken down as the following:
Mon Jan 27 Announcement of Samson’s Birth Judges 13:8-18
Tue Jan 28 Angel Accepts Manoah’s Sacrifice Judges 13:19-23
Wed Jan 29 Vow of Separation to the Lord Numbers 6:1-8, 13-17
Thu Jan 30 Samson Marries a Woman of Timnah Judges 14:1-9
Fri Jan 31 Samson Conquers the Philistines Judges 15:1-8
Sat Feb 01 In Death Samson Defeats the Philistines Judges 16:23-31
Sun Feb 02 God Blesses a Nazarite Judge Judges 13:1-7, 24, 25
Our daily readings this quarter focus on “God’s Urgent Call.” God continues to call people to mission and ministry just as God has done for thousands of years. God has a call on our lives. God has a purpose for our being and has given us a mission in life. The abundant life we seek is found in that purpose, experienced as we carry out that mission. We will learn our Lessons in three divided units…
Unit 1, “Called to Be Strong,” spotlights the era of the judges. In the Book of Judges, we read how God called a series of national leaders and military commanders, known as judges, to deliver the Israelite people from their enemies. In this unit, we will read how God used people such as Deborah, Barak, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson to do amazing things in spite of their shortcomings.
Unit 2, “Called of Prophets”, focuses on some of the well-known prophets in the Old Testament and how God used them to accomplish the divine purpose. Like the judges before them, the prophets were far from perfect people, yet God used them in mighty ways because they were willing to be used.
And, Unit 3, “Calls in the New Testament”, reveals that God continued to use ordinary people to accomplish the divine will. Readings in this unit focus on characters from the Book of Acts such as Stephen, Peter, Philip, Ananias, Paul, and Cornelius to once again show how God uses ordinary, fallible, flawed imperfect people to build the Kingdom.
Complimentary pastries and bottomless coffee are provided in the mornings! Hope you join us for a great learning experience!
Sunday service follows at 10:30a featuring the Sermon Series on “Vision”!
